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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 65 days PubMatic's roles stay open a median of 66 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of PubMatic's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at PubMatic
- high 70 stale, 0 reposted of 77 open
- Hiring momentum
- 87 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-08
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About this role
The Senior Performance Advertising Engineer at PubMatic will focus on optimizing buyer-side and performance marketing systems, responsible for designing algorithms and building data systems to enhance Return on Ad Spend (ROAS). The role involves developing real-time bidding algorithms, creating scalable data pipelines for attribution data, and advancing performance capabilities across mobile, CTV, video, and desktop environments.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of PubMatic as an employer.
What you need
- Experience in performance advertising, programmatic bidding, or large-scale user-conversion optimization loops
Nice to have
- Deep understanding of the OpenRTB protocol, DSP/SSP mechanics, and supply-path optimization (SPO)
- Experience deploying production-grade Machine Learning frameworks for CTR/CVR prediction
- Strong system-level performance benchmarking skills (profiling memory allocation, reducing I/O bottlenecks)
- Education: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, or an analytically grounded quantitative field
- Experience: 5+ years of software engineering experience focusing on performance advertising, programmatic bidding, or large-scale user-conversion optimization loops
What you get
- Paid leave programs
- Paid holidays
- Healthcare, dental and vision insurance
- Disability and life insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Physical and financial wellness programs
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of required programming languages, though high-performance coding is emphasized
- The role spans multiple environments which may require diverse skill sets
- The salary range is provided but may vary based on non-discriminatory factors
- The hybrid work schedule requires 3 days in the office, which may not suit all candidates
Summarised from PubMatic's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by PubMatic on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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